ISBN-13: 9781604065800

GEORG THIEME

Buttresses are the basis for reduction and repair of craniomaxillofacial fractures
and are essential for determining the optimal location, for placement of reparative
plates and screws. Craniomaxillofacial Buttresses: Anatomy and Operative Repair
endorses surgical anatomy as a basis for operative intervention.

Special Features:

"Buttresses" is the first book to coalesce the expertise of the
five specialties involved in craniomaxillofacial (CMF) reconstruction after
trauma - plastic surgery, oculoplastic surgery, otolaryngology-head and neck
surgery, ophthalmology, and neurosurgery.

Parallels between architecture and CMF anatomy; basic biomechanics; and
advanced finite analysis depict the distribution of impact (load-forces to-and-from
the craniofacial skeleton) and the modern principles of operative repair

Key References for repair of each anatomic region are especially helpful,
when managing complex injuries; Additional Biography allows the reader to
efficiently further delve, in select cases.

From the frontal boss to the lower jaw, this book is one-of-a-kind and brings
together history, applied surgical anatomy, and operative techniques in the
CMF region, in a way not seen since the classic by Reed O. Dingman and Paul
Natvig, in 1964. An educational reference for medical students, residents, fellows,
and clinicians, Craniomaxillofacial Buttresses: Anatomy and Operative Repair
simplifies board review-and-study.

From the foreword I by Robert M. Goldwyn, MD:
[The text is] "gracefully written " every word has been chosen carefully.
Seldom is a reader fortunate enough to find and learn from a book so much, so
effortlessly."

From the foreword II by Paul M. Manson, MD:
"There are no facial fracture texts in any of the five specialties that
deal with facial injury in this amount of detail; nor do they cover all of the
craniofacial areas of modern interest, as does this text."